At Skallywags we want to provide you and your child with first class childcare in an environment which is safe, secure, healthy and stimulating.
We believe that all children deserve the best start in life and the best care.
We adopt a Child-Centred Approach where children are encouraged to develop their creativity, individuality and self confidence in secure surroundings, led by trained staff who have a real rapport with the children in their care.
Children need to feel a sense of Security and Belonging when they are away from their parents and carers, this is key to the philosophy of Skallywags.
We strive to ensure that all children feel Happy, relaxed and safe and encourage them to feel confident to cooperate and develop good relationships with the adults caring for them and the other children at Skallywags too.
Children are provided with a varied healthy diet, fresh air, exercise, rest and play, all contributing to their physical, emotional and educational development.
Our aim is to provide the best outcomes for all children, to achieve this we ensure that all of our Planned Activities and In the Moment learning opportunities are underpinned by the Early Years Foundation Stage, which is a learning programme for the under 5’s.
We use this curriculum to plan individually for each child in the 7 areas of learning: Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Communication and Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding of world and Expressive Arts and Design.
6 weekly observations and 12 weekly assessments for each child ensure that we are able to track development and guarantee that any needs are targeted quickly with early intervention.
Surrounded by their peers they can develop at their own pace, play a full part in activities devised for their age and enthusiastically learn new skills.
All our Skallywags children are treated as individuals and are given total Love and Affection regardless of gender, religion, culture or disability. We understand that each child is Unique and joins the group with very different home experiences. We endure to provide each child with Cultural Capital by providing ALL children with experiences that ignite their imagination and ambition to succeed. our Intention is to provide children with activities based on their own interests, as we find this has the best Impact on their ongoing learning and prepares them for their next stage in life. This was observed by our Ofsted inspector who said “Children are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage in their education, including starting school” (Ofsted 2015).